Ike Clanton
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Ike Clanton was a 19th-century American cowboy and outlaw best known for his involvement in the events leading up to the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ike Clanton canonical | 2 |
| Billy Clanton | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7564501 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ike Clanton Context triple: [Tombstone, mainCharacter, Ike Clanton]
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A.
Curly Bill Brocius
Curly Bill Brocius is a notorious Old West outlaw and leader of the Cowboys gang, famously depicted as a central antagonist in the film "Tombstone."
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B.
Bob Shane
Bob Shane was an American folk singer best known as a founding member and lead vocalist of the influential folk group The Kingston Trio.
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C.
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid is a 1973 film soundtrack album by Bob Dylan, notable for featuring the classic song "Knockin' on Heaven's Door."
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D.
Virgil Earp
Virgil Earp was an American Old West lawman best known as the older brother of Wyatt Earp and a key participant in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
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E.
Rooster Cogburn
Rooster Cogburn is a 1975 Western film starring John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn, serving as a sequel to True Grit and following the grizzled U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn on a new adventure.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ike Clanton Target entity description: Ike Clanton was a 19th-century American cowboy and outlaw best known for his involvement in the events leading up to the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.
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A.
Curly Bill Brocius
Curly Bill Brocius is a notorious Old West outlaw and leader of the Cowboys gang, famously depicted as a central antagonist in the film "Tombstone."
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B.
Bob Shane
Bob Shane was an American folk singer best known as a founding member and lead vocalist of the influential folk group The Kingston Trio.
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C.
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid is a 1973 film soundtrack album by Bob Dylan, notable for featuring the classic song "Knockin' on Heaven's Door."
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D.
Virgil Earp
Virgil Earp was an American Old West lawman best known as the older brother of Wyatt Earp and a key participant in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
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E.
Rooster Cogburn
Rooster Cogburn is a 1975 Western film starring John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn, serving as a sequel to True Grit and following the grizzled U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn on a new adventure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Old West figure
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cowboy ⓘ outlaw ⓘ |
| activeYears |
1870s
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1880s ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Clanton gang
NERFINISHED
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Cochise County Cowboys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedOrganization | Clanton ranch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Earp–Clanton feud
NERFINISHED
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Gunfight at the O.K. Corral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson |
Curly Bill Brocius
NERFINISHED
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Doc Holliday NERFINISHED ⓘ Johnny Ringo NERFINISHED ⓘ Morgan Earp NERFINISHED ⓘ Virgil Earp NERFINISHED ⓘ Wyatt Earp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1847-01-01 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Callaway County, Missouri, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | gunshot wound ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1887-06-01 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Springerville, Arizona Territory, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | American Old West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyBusiness | cattle ranching ⓘ |
| familyName | Clanton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Newman Haynes Clanton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fatherNickname | Old Man Clanton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Joseph Isaac Clanton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName |
Isaac
NERFINISHED
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Joseph NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalReputation | symbol of the outlaw cowboy element in Cochise County ⓘ |
| legalStatus |
fugitive at time of death
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suspected cattle rustler ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed by law officer while resisting arrest ⓘ |
| nickname | Ike NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
conflict with the Earp brothers in Tombstone, Arizona Territory
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involvement in events leading up to the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral ⓘ |
| notableLocation |
San Pedro Valley, Arizona Territory
NERFINISHED
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Tombstone, Arizona Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
cowboy
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outlaw ⓘ rancher ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | anti-Earp faction in Tombstone ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | numerous films and television series about the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral ⓘ |
| residence | Tombstone, Arizona Territory, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling |
Billy Clanton
NERFINISHED
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John Wesley Clanton NERFINISHED ⓘ Phin Clanton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Ike Clanton Description of subject: Ike Clanton was a 19th-century American cowboy and outlaw best known for his involvement in the events leading up to the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Billy Clanton